This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
by Naomi Wood
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"A woman has an unexpected outburst at a corporate therapy session for working mothers. A couple find some long-overdue time to rekindle their relationship and make an ill-advised home movie. A pregnant film director plots revenge on the actress who betrayed her. An ex-wife deliberately causes conflict at her ex-husband's wedding. ...[This short story collection] illuminates the lives of malicious, subversive, and untamed women. Exploring failed sisterhood, dubious parenting, and the dark show more side of modern love, this powerful and funny collection exposes how society wants women to behave, and shows whathappens when they refuse"-- show lessTags
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Naomi Wood studied at Cambridge University and earned a Masters degree and Doctorate from the University of East Anglia. She started teaching Creative Writing at Goldsmiths College and currently teaches at the University of East Anglia. Her title Mrs. Hemingway made the bestseller list in 2018. (Bowker Author Biography)
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